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7.29k reviews for:

Bánat és öröm

Meg Mason

4.16 AVERAGE

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book captured my heart. Well-written, witty, deep, fascinating, sad, but enchanting.
dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It’s so painfully English and I LOVED that about it. I went into this completely blind and I am leaving it wonderfully wrecked. 
This is a beautiful body of work. Great depiction of the rollercoaster that is life in its gloom and glory. I have so many paragraphs highlighted and will think about it for a long, long time.

Kept thinking about my family a lot as I read. All the people who have loved me through and despite my mess. There the tears go again 🥺
challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

God this actually broke me.
dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I was going to. The cast of characters were really diverse and mostly very loveable. The tone of voice is so unique. It’s brash enough to make you cringe one sentence, and then so gentle that your heart melts the next. It was a really compelling read and I throughly enjoyed it.

3.5 to 4 stars

Wow. What a beautifully written novel. I loved this book despite all the shed tears.

visceral